The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-16
4 LIVING DEATH.
MAO OUTCOME or TIE ENvt.
".rnrs or OUR GREAT CITIES.

.s Of Paralysis bf''ss
p.xemeut-I'atic Who Are
,a.s .s New Horn Infants-Sad
). Of = Journalist.
.nose sunny mornings, when the
hove ~ !, cool and bracing, one sees
epd there on the streets a man crawl
''1n ,nng eilcd by crutch or cane.
ms usually bent forward, his progress
~ : difficult and painful. His feet
,r nth \ shuttle on the surface Of the
nant M His nair is gray, although
mntenance may not indicate moro
middle age. There are evidences Of
n his features. There are wrinkles
.,n,ractions that ure the cicatrices Of
u. M incurred in fierce life struggles.
,yos EXPRESS a connlinglirg OF weak
,wi ,lespair. His shoulders droop,
il entire figure has hagginess sug-
ra Of u collapse. On his shrunken
Ir hints Of a pleading helplessness.
han he speaks it is with hesitation
untitled tone. His utterances come
,l;l1iculty; they are low, chcked.
m His speech halts at short inter
n il 1t loss for the proper word.
he cannot find it. and frequently an
p.al and strange term, wholly with
meaning, will thrust itself in the
! Possibly one arm bangles at his
loose and limp as rope. Possibly one
dragged along rs il it were Il foreign
Perhaps one side or the ether Of
reuth is drawn up with Il line that
l,s out fan shaped into Il series OF
hike shrinkages. His glance, like his
is wahbling and uncertain. Over
rce is spread ln expression that is a
iaation Of imlecility and hope. He
object with qualities so peculiar, SO
tilualized, that one easily recognizes
as the victim Of so'ne one OF the nu-
bus forms OF paralysis.
ese specimens taking the morning
assisted by cane or crutch and shut
along the sidewalk, are getting to bc
equent exhibition. Whether or not
ac.eristic Of Other points. they are
: ng to be an increasing feature of Chi
e men who no longer crawl out to
the glow and Warm.h of the sum-
sun are nervcless as new born chill
Their limbs are inert rs masses of
tine. They are rOwcrlcss to move
j muscles. and have to bc lifted.
|d, taken up and down like babes.
mnst be fed, and the wants OF
Ire cared for rs If they were pulling
pts III the nurses arms.
pS new disease is /, peculiar outcome
b environment Of our great cities.
atmosphere Of this region is f,Acd with
lalarla Which cShausts, prostrates,
yzes these whose oyarworked Lodies
Forced to inhale it. It's victims are
Fae Old who have reached the allotted
Of their life, nor those enfeeblel by
|or heretlitS, but che men with active
N, Intense cner2y, boundlcss ambi-
and restless effort. It is in the
PR Of rot which affects not tho
r. the immature. but the ripenetl
| It attacks the men who labor by
shl dream Of work by night; it is a
winch pierces not the droncs. but
workers i'll the human hives.
ae 1dler slowly disintegrates and dis
gus. lie passes from /, lethargic life
aeath with as little consciousness and
t1liis as attend the natural demise Of
e'iusk. ' !. He is an implement that rusts
: : ussuse; the tireless brain worker is
%S.n1ile' = driven at y high rate OF speed,
:. ~ ssoppages for repairs, which car
- a., ,''elaendoos pressure, and some day
's ly,ss and Is blown into fragments.
'e' quarter Of q century ago there
! sothg man from III eastern state.
~ l'a ''ale located in Chicago. He was
y ~. ..oueatea, ambitious, Industrious.
,.s,t ,s,se anu ready and willing 10 devote
.sa. ,sn 70 an5E- honorable employment.
Nv ss'' secured IL situation us rrincir;l
~ .a,, VI The public schools,
,aa, s's,', Oil he gave ,u, teaching AMI
-tesa ,as himself With journalism. He
;as ;oa several Years Il valued attache OF
nS1q S19Fna', M during which time he showed
a tha apaoIe, interchangeable, prompt.
~ p''ssessor OF Il high or!c.. Of intel
,ra ~ " seiis'ous nature, he later ac-
!. - 1asr vi elser to take charge cf !, pl4.;i,i-
Nv, s,.,,,'':hlnational weekly issued in thi.
s;s sl'' ''''caiee its chief writer and man
d Ii, ',S,,.s'ant, y, and for NAM, wears
,a... NM, pace with credit to himself and
,a1 4 ''oeal with whic. he was con-
H. s,'' Was !.oandcr Stone nr;,,c:,o,.,f ,
D., AM, .''i' reporter on The Chicago
J, co'.' ",sa ;,'iler"ard one Of III. powers
1bi. bot'''' W The great Methodist Jour-
C. H. '"'f'llWcs,ern Christian .Adyo-
iicaoa ~. ~. lace ail; figure of no man in
an "eie ",t better known 1lon thos, If
tsv. w ,n 'n'ane during all these wears.
. r,"' ''''hs ago, having lust passed
Iii of -, -. middle age ana in the very
..slt ,,a nls Popularity ana usefulncss
Is !, way il numbncss in o,,. ,f his
4 was ;n,,',,! a's'"le! slowly till the whole
.nle, .a."'fed, ''n' ant; then it crrpt into
tima ~, ',nl' and 50 on and on, ;, )itt1c
81 l:s ~, .'.. !s had permeatcd and eos
d sllan, ..a .,s.'re limbs an>: torso. His
!, al be1o,,:' 1s'nea. Pc; The last time l saw
.ar as s',# mo,: his neck was a deal mass
~;;e L; ona n'''on s concerned.
IIIstsoret =, ~ u; l''ntc.s damned. he was
Iaya~e is a. lc'' t" his chin. And vet
sshin l;S S',u''s ,s that has thus impris-
D thu ~ mot not have the mere, to do.
!, rs nerves tro,-'i ~ seIsatlOn.
ssy. stransoo,e.y are Beyond reach and beyond